Jenaya

Jenaya was the #7,885 girls' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Jenaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jenaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Jenaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#7,885 (13)#3,035 (8)#1,668 (14)
2024#9,556 (10)#4,844 (4)#1,710 (13)
2023#12,197 (7)#4,710 (4)—
2022#11,231 (8)—#2,835 (6)
2021#7,630 (14)#3,519 (6)—
2020#9,546 (10)——
2019#8,597 (12)#4,001 (5)—
2018#7,409 (15)#4,684 (4)#2,344 (8)
2017#6,044 (20)——
2016#7,602 (15)—#2,892 (6)
2015#7,266 (16)—#2,179 (9)
2014#4,544 (31)—#2,905 (6)
2013#6,729 (18)#5,742 (3)#1,913 (11)
2012#5,253 (26)#4,171 (5)#1,787 (12)
2011#5,207 (26)#4,764 (4)#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #2,965.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jenaya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 170,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 78,000 to 1 in 350,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JenayaCanadaGirls#1,66814
JenayaEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
JenayaUSGirls#7,88513